Since 1997, Superfly Presents—best known now as the folks behind Bonnaroo—has been extending the Jazz Fest experience beyond the Fairgrounds into venues around the city and even onto the river aboard the Creole Queen Riverboat. This year’s concert series boasts some impressive names, such as Warren Haynes, the North Mississippi All Stars, Soulive, Dr. Klaw, [...]
J. the Savage, led by Jamie Bernstein, is offering a single from their latest album Very Same Dream for free download to help along the Mardi Gras festivities. The tune, “Skippin’ at the Mardi Gras” is a zydeco-tinged romp through Fat Tuesday, complete with references to Zulu and the Mardi Gras Indians. It’s a fun [...]
Zulu introduced satire to Mardi Gras. By giving its king a lard can crown and a banana stalk scepter as signs of royalty when it first rolled in 1909, it rudely burlesqued the pretensions to actual royalty of Rex. That mocking spirit—of current events and Mardi Gras itself—is one that finds voice again and again [...]
Air-Traffic Control and the Future of Music Coalition are institutions that exist to help musicians to play a part in social justice, having assembled a web of people and resources that allow them to more cohesively and effectively collaborate with each other and with other social institutions. Since 2006, the two organizations have been teaming [...]
Tonight and tomorrow night, Wednesday February 2, The Red Bull Music Academy opens the first of their “On the Floor” concert series with a double-concert stop in New Orleans at the Howlin’ Wolf and Ampersand. The series will feature live music from several different genres consisting of both locally and internationally-known performers. On Tuesday, the [...]
New York-born DJ Rob Swift—best known for his time as a member of the hip-hop DJ collective X-Cutioners and his contributions to Mike Patton projects such as Peeping Tom—will be at the Dragon’s Den tonight, January 7. Swift has collaborated with many well-known artists, such as Herbie Hancock, Cypress Hill, and even the Blue Man [...]
Who? Robert Fogarty, an Omaha, Nebraska native who came to New Orleans with Americorps and ended up as Nagin’s Intern Coordinator. What now? He’s the Executive Director of Evacuteer.org, which raises money to commission works of public art that serve as evacuation pick-up point markers at 17 points throughout the city, and trains evacuteers to [...]
The Grammy Hall of Fame, an institution created to honor recordings of historical and cultural significance, has just recently shown the bayou some love. Recorded in 1975, Clifton Chenier and his Red Hot Louisiana Band’s Bogalusa Boogie has recently been inducted among other 2011 inductees such as Hank Williams, Otis Redding, Prince, and The Beatles. Chenier [...]
Euclid Records, the vinyl and CD store that opened in the Bywater this fall, is set to begin hosting all-music trivia nights at the Hi-Ho every Tuesday, beginning December 28. The trivia contests, the only one of their kind in New Orleans, are free to enter, and offer prizes such as records, gift certificates and [...]
The first annual “Noise for Toys” concert will be held Thursday, December 16 at Tipitina’s. The concert features a long bill of performers, such as Joe Krown, Los Po-Boy-Citos, Andrew Duhon and more, who are all performing for free to help bring a better holiday season to those less fortunate. The event also features a [...]
